| Show roKE 0 K elit ii ill nimons RO it ac an Fer endric axon ann 14 kii 7 for fir nn I 1 kenw C 11 isk y a t 11 fry cry amiss lint clan airl from tho the silver state slate march sahl ou on ahe humboldt river lives un an individual wit ln rejoices in ill the name of brown ife U is i one else nf if the pioneers or of nevada evalla Alf had nil of thu this county and one of mhd ali original origin nl or tile tho comstock he a i is honest slid lid and d benevolent a kind anil and abood a good cilton but poker as ag his nime would indicate ind inac cate aci lie 1138 S weak resi and that is ii a morbid iii bunkering tin uncontrollable pai lamun poker arid and to gratify this thia desire is with liui bi ilia chiff object L of if existence ile DC of llo ilia rl 01 ing tit in the gabne life has it ni pleasures for far apker with him it is awas wo a a losing one it livo poet him lueveal fol fortunes tunes alwyn always him bun to lo the bed folk but bul lie im u is lucky at mini mining tig at lar garwing wing at 1 l stock block hi ill sit lit he f b il curtis und and ha patiently ati binl I gilld riidu tn atily I 1 ibers lor for a take lake lie was the owner of or ofalie tile crown point and SUO feet of ff this the gould curry two of the best claims oo on the lie he cirp ecil bell of 01 and nd loot loit the ilia liel issi or tho the proceeds ds at poker lie ile came to humboldt in ill 1862 and aad settled on the big meadow whore ho be lia has since resided ile iio ell in freighting and started slatted with lour our w 0 fur for carson arriving at it rog Rag towo ho shar pers who form erly infested ehst famosi village invited him to play and rubbed robbed him of teams and wagons wa getnis at one sitting billing returning to the meadows ho he well to eting anil secured feet in the montezuma Mont lout czuma icilinc ifil mine inc near oreana this be dibb deposed posed of for aej his hia became the headquarters or of local locel sports while the money lasted which was wai not very long reduced deduced to poverty he industriously cultivated his hia farm and in a few years mccame the owner of head ol at langs still and head of cattle meantime indulging his hii pasion for poker by playing with the he several of whom worked and lived at his hia ranch lie he sow professionals 1 happened to p kaaa by his bit ranch accidee accidentally lally of course coarse and proposed a game poker delighted accepted the proposition he never bad the firmness or inclination to refuse ills hindi funds being limited poker having a good land went a bop bog better belter and lost then a 3 pig blind with the tame game debult until his bogs were disposed of and the game ched last lail week the weather being unfavorable for open air exercise poker renewed the con besl and lost ILI all I 1 b hia is cattle in the ga game we this result would disc discourage ordinary mortals betit has no fetich eff ct ou on poker nc ile delights in tile tho enjoy acut and caro care a cent for ex I 1 M 11 11 co I 1 ue ile will go to pr prospecting pec laug ibis 11 spring 91 ring and with his usual usual luck strike a neb cicil milan and sell bell it for a poker stake ST BY A the following fol lovlin singular which occurred occurred don on the jhb night of cf he be of november when the meteors meteor s of the november period were due is narrated in a letter from robla robin allen secretary to the corporation of tile the trinity house to the president of the royal society which appears ia in the last number of the proceedings the letter runs thus i 1 I am directed to you that on the of november list last at 2 a lu in a meteor burst against the seven stones light vessel s to this coloration CoT corporal oration ion and moored about nine an and a half miles mile ca cat t by north of the scilly islands and that it hm has been reported that tho the watch were struck senseless for a short period acentia not nothing before tho the shock but that on recovery balls of 0 fire like large stars were falling fabing in the abo water like splendid fire works and that the decks were covered with willi cinders which crushed under the sailors feet as they khey walled walked it appeared the men said eaid no as if something was passing swiftly and met with the obstruction of tho the vessel and burst the superintendent reports that the artlen say there was a very decided smell of brimstone but adds that they did not cot that until he be asked them there is reason to fear that the cinders were all vat the decks by the rain and iea before daylight and it happened also that the mea mead d I 1 d not think to observe the iho compasses I 1 I 1 FIRE PROOF paw WOOD considering late events at boston and chicago says aji the new york times the inventor or of a buro bure process 1 ur rendering wood iti combustible would merit people will clacer folly admit all the pralo pral O and reward duo to a bene benefic fac tor of the human rac 3 to that proud title empires D 0 Mii bla comber who lately explained to the society of arta in his bis proposed method of deserving it ue he thinks ho he has bit upon a plan by which wood may be reo dired red thoroughly Lt affecting tho the character or color of the material or as in tho the calo cabo of most preparations hitherto tried lor for this purpose injuring the tools used to work it iio he proposes to tako take the fit timber tiber iu in its green state and having first by hydraulic or steam ure ur or otherwise expelled the sap eap to replace it by a chemical compla of lis own invention which he keeps secret and which is in to lo detroy de troy the ihu of the material not only this but bat the abo liquid is 19 to itt AS a preservative in other 01 her ways preventing tho wood go 0 o treated rotting front from the he attacks attack ii of worms or tho the weight added by the operation is about two and a hlf half per cent and the increased cont lem lebs thou per lent cent tim this is cari silly a duct mui i attractive promises promise aul aud if by experiment ought to entitle mr macomber to the g of all insurance companies slid and tho the blessings or of tile tho Coutil lebs victims of Ma |
